Quote:
Originally Posted by Suhiir
Some folks think infantry is a waste of time, others aircraft.
|
Well, don't infantry spot better than anything else? Try doing Scenario #61--El Al. You'll find that a paucity of infantry will result in your tank-heavy force being all-but-obliterated by enemies you can hardly see. Ditto for a number of others.
While personally I'd prefer to have unbuttoned, stationary tanks spot nearly as well as infantry there might be good reasons why this can't or won't be done. Anyway this is a combined-arms wargame so bending rules to favor aircraft as spotters might present problems (and don't ask me, I'm neither digitally, experientially nor theoretically competent
).
OTOH regarding the thread "Lessons Learned from the Rus-Ukr War" if drones are as ubiquitous and relatively invulnerable (sans EW incapacitation) as described and arty so powerful then the balance of conventional warfare as we know it may have been decisively altered. If so, then your suggestion may be a harbinger of rethink, at least for symmetrical warfare from now on.